Babysitting
My Neighbor has three kids. boy age 11, girls age 9 and 5. the older two are from one man and the younger from another. none of them own a car. both the ex's take turns babysitting the kids after school and during the summer. The older one hates his little sister. He does not want her to tag a long with him. He doesn't even want her in the same room as him and when she is there is constant fighting going on.
Alex likes to play with him and Andrew likes to play with Alex and will also play with her. But lately Alex has been getting mad at Andrew cause he doesn't want him around anymore. Alex will sneak out the back door to go play else where so his brother won't follow him, which of course sends Andrew into a crying jag cause Alex left without him.
We have one room in our small house set aside as the game/play room. there is a TV, a VCR, 3 older video game machines with games, an older computer and all the indoor toys. there are two folding chairs and a futon couch in there to sit on. If they take food to that room they MUST clean up any mess they make and remove the trash.
OK, so now you have the basic history of the kids. Oh Yea, I refuse to feed the kids in the neighborhood. To many times Alex's "friends" have told him to go in the house and get them something to eat or they won't play with them. SO I have this standing policy. No feeding friends unless I have given prior permission and it is a regular meal.
We got home from the grocery Store (about 12:30pm) and I am putting away the groceries where Ryan and Stacy come over to play with Alex and Andrew. This is fine by me, they all went to the game room to play. about 5 min later Alex comes out and says, mom make them stop throwing things at us. so I walked down the hall and peek in the room. Ryan is laying on the futon asking if it worked, and Andrew and Stacy are quietly playing on the computer. I told the older two to stop picking fights with the younger two or I would kick them all outside. I went back to putting things away.
Then I hear some one at the door. it is the middle girl. she is wondering if her brother and sister are staying here or going. and Ryan says, "Oh yea, can you watch us?" I said sure if NO ONE fights. then the younger two go out to swing and the older two take off to see if a friend is home.
by now I have finished putting away the groceries. I got 4 new boxes of cereal. And Andrew wanted some. So I was getting him some. But I tell Stacy I am not feeding her. I figure it is now almost 1 and she should have had lunch before her mother left her with me for two hours. Andrew took cereal to the game room to watch cartoons. Then Alex comes in with the older boy. Alex has decided he is hungry also and makes himself a cup of noodles soup and he takes it to the room also. A few min later I hear the Stacy asking Ryan if he is hungry also. and I hear Ryan say shut up Stacy.
Then Alex came out to get something, and I asked if the kids had eaten. I am now getting mad. WHY the Heck would these kids mother leave for two hours right after lunch with out feeding her kids first. Does she think I am the neighborhood food bank??? Alex comes out again and says Stacy is saying I am not making them lunch cause I don't like them. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO FEED THEM!!!!!! they are not my kids!!! So I made them each a PB&J sandwich. and I go in there and tell Stacy I should not have had to feed them. that they should have eaten at home before coming over.
then about 5 more min I hear they yelling at each other again. and here is Ryan and Stacy fighting on the futon. I am furious. WHY should I have to put up with this crap! they were fighting cause they just happened to be in the same room and Ryan doesn't want his sister around him. I told him I will not put up with his 11yr old prepubescent crap. he Has to play with his sister, he Has to play with Andrew or He will not play at my house. and He had better stop pushing his crap around in my house. Then I yelled at Alex and told him he had better Stop acting like Ryan cause I will not put up with it.
They have played quietly for 15 entire min. I doubt it will last.
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